#56BAE1#56BAE1

#56BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE1
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -17.69, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 33.32, 237.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0743 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.108 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9819, 42.5289, 77.5849)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE1 #E17D56

analogous

#56E1C3 #56BAE1 #5674E1

triadic

#56BAE1 #E156BA #BAE156

tetradic

#56BAE1 #C356E1 #E17D56 #74E156

square

#56BAE1 #C356E1 #E17D56 #74E156

split-complementary

#56BAE1 #E15674 #E1C356

monochromatic

#1C7BA0 #26A3D4 #56BAE1 #8ACFEA #BEE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#56BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE1

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE1	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceea',
    500: '#56bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae1;
$custom-light: #92ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE1

secondary

#E4BEAF

accent

#4914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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